The ExoMars spacecraft, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), is set to launch the Schiaparelli lander towards Mars to begin its mission on the surface. After it has landed, the rover will collect soil samples on the Red Planet, while the TG...

A Mars lander is due to leave its mothership on Sunday and head toward the red planet’s surface to test technologies for Europe’s planned first Mars rover, which will search for signs of past and present life. After a seven-month jo...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Mars lander left its mothership on Sunday after a seven-month journey from Earth and headed toward the red planet's surface to test technologies for Europe's planned first Mars rover, which will search for si...